A Nanoreef Journal

[ImAnanoReefer]

5 Gallon Minibow Aquarium soon to be Nanoreef

 

Plans:

 

Equipment/Setup:

-5 gallon blue minibow

-AC300 filter http://www.aquariumcenter.com/view_item.php?id=208& is this good? Or is the whisper that comes with it make a enough good refugium?

-10-12 lbs of various different kinds of LR (Live Rock)

-1 inch of black sand and a little live sand mixed in (dunno how much it will weigh, any ideas?)

-1-2 kinds of macro algae any suggestions?

-tottaly lost on how to light it, I want to keep shrooms, zoos, and pulsing xenia…

 

Livestock:

I know its early to plan this but I’m way too excited.

-1 flame goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)

-1 skunk cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)

-2-4 scarlet hermit crabs

-2-3 margarita snails

-1-2 sexy shrimp

-1 Porcelain Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes ohshimai)

-1 pom-pom crab

-1 brittle star (hopefully small or a dwarf)

- various soft corals

 

I'm a busy college kid, but I'm going to try to tally up a apprx. cost this weekend. Also I'm going to post pics of my tank set up as a crawdad sanctuary like it is right now, then more pics for every step of the process. Any suggestions or advice on equipment or livestock plans would be more than appreciated.

 

-Phil

[ImAnanoReefer]

:| So everyone thinks my tank sounds perfect. No changes to this at all? Even the fish is OK in a 5 gallon?

[Megalomaniac]

sounds cool keep it posted

[ryuseiboy]

put some power compacts on the tank for lighting.

[lgoins]

do a search on this site, you'll find a lot of good information.

[ImAnanoReefer]

yea, this site is like my online bible of reefing. There is a huge wealth of knolwedge and experience here. Even a couple other 5 gallon minibows. Thanks for the replies!